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, , limn 1, FROM I'HE GEORGIA JOURNAL. c Paper#* Executive Defautment, Geo.} MUledgeville, 6th Aug. 1825. 5 A letter purporting to bey hub, which appeared in the last Georgia Journal, and having every characteristic of an offical one, could no / fad to attract my attention. Immediately there fore on my return to this place, enquiry wa made at the Department for the original, and 1 learned with surprize that none such had been received, the proper means were then resort j, ed to, to ascertain tne authenticity ot the pub- v lislied letter, and having been satisfied dial the p same was in your proper hand writing, 1 have lost no lime to direct you to forbear lurliier in- , torcour-e with this government, 1 Having thought proper to make represents- ~ tions of your conduct to the President, I have t ordered you to be furnished with a copy of eve c ry letter written on your subject, and winch will reach you in due lime. g Any communication proceeding from the offi cer next in command, in this military depart ment will lie received and attended to. (Signed) G. M. I'UOUP. Maj. Den. E. P. Gusts, f Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF Win,) July 21, 1825. J Sin : Your letter of the 25tli of June address- t f:d to Major Vandeventer, has been received, the |j Hii-.wcr oi which lias been intentionally delayed p till die result ot General Dames’ interview with Q the Indians at Broken Arrow, should be received, y as lli; President hud anxiously hoped m the ac f | quiescence of the Indians to the treaty, to have a touncl die neces-ily of replying to your enquirin' c entirely obviated. Hut us die communications a Irom tien. Dailies, recently received have entire- ly destroyed that hope, u reply lias become ne- a cessary, Ttie Indians to the number oi Io9t), \ including a large majority of their duels aim i head men of the trite , have denounced the trea j ty, as tainted alike Willi intrigue and treachery, t ami as the act of a very small portion ot the i tribe, against the express determination of ave ry large majority, a determination known to the i Coimm isioncra. they urge that to enlo'ce a . comptian ;e widi an lustrum :nt tlms obis ued would illy he one either the justice or the mag , iianimny of die U. States under wuicli tiiey claim to lake shelter. Tucse are allegations present ing a question beyond the cognizance of die Ex ecutive, and necessarily refers itself to Congress, whose attention will b; called to it on an early day alter the nex annual cehng. Meanwhile the President acting on 'lie treaty as thuugu in validity hid not heen impeaelieil, finds by refer ence to the eighth article of the treaty die iaith of the Uniied States solemnly pledged to pro tect the Cree k 1 idisns from any encroachment till tneir removal in September 1826. lie there lore decides that die entering upon and survey ing their lands before that period, would he a infraction of the treaty, whose inierpri . ion ami execution, should it remain uncar I re a bite confided to him. I am, diet one cted , by die Presid nt to state distinctly • i your Ex cellency, that for die preaeid bead l t permit such entry or survey to lie n tic The pain the President list fell •• coming 1 - j this decision is diminished,, by the i . .• iIU that ’ll interferes with no didy inquu • • on your! excellencv by the lawn of Georgia, disci. ! tion is given yon by the late law of th i’oi.v lure in prescribing the lime when the l» id . m-i braced by the treaty shall be surveyed. Unde all the circumstances the President permits h.m self to hope that you will acquiesce in his deci sion. As Den. Daineg has been in communication with you on this subject, anil as it is the wish ol the President you sh uild he m possession ol eve ry measure he may fi id him-elf constrained t. lake thereon, 1 a n directed to enclose to you: Excellency a copy of General Dailies’ instruc tions of ibis date. 1 have i he honor to be, your ob’t. serv’t. (Signed) JAMES BARBOUR. His Excellency D, M. Tanur. Governor of Georgia , 1 certify the foregoing to be a correct copy from the record of this office. G VANDEVENTER. liar Department, Jn>y 2d, 1821. (COPY.) DEPARTMENT OF WaH, > July 2if<, 1825, 5 Sin —\ ours of the sth inst. lias been duly re ceived with the accompanying documents. I am directed by die President to express his regret at the failure ol your efforts to reconcile the Creeks to au acquiescence in the treaty made at die Indian Springs, as il was his sincce de sire to have seen it carried into effect. But the determined opposition of the Indians to the trea ty itself, on the alledged grounds of intrigue and treachery, on the part of di- portion of the tribe negotiating the treaty, as well as the small ness of their numbers, from which they its invalidity, and their aolemn appeal to die jus tice and magnanimity of the United Stales, cre ates such an obligation that we should, at least pause before we proceed, or permit others to do so, until their allegations can be thoroughly in vestigated and their effect decided by the pro per authority j the more especially, us the eighth article of the trealy gives dll September of the next year, before the treaty is to be carried into i-ii ?i’ au ■ guarantees them from eiicroachmem dll that tune. It is in this posture of affairs Dov. I roup ms'sts that he will survey the land. A cidhsioi, by overt acts between the Executive of the Union, and tint of a state is so against the t leory of the Conshtution, and so repugnant to tin feelings of the President, that he would de teunine only under a solemn sense of duty to d. dneed, U lllCll ser ‘ uus a result would be pro It Gov. Troup should however preserve in his declared purpose of surveying the land against the repeated remonstrances of tins Depar mem. it will present one of the most unfortunate event winch have yet occurred in our history. Its pas sible occurrence Inis induced the President m weigh with the deliberate circuinspec ion made necessary, as well by its serious consequences as its high responsibility. His decision thereon lias been made ami transmitted to Guv. Troup in a letter ot this dale, a copy of which 1 enclose nr your information, and by which you will earn the line ot conduct which the President lias prescribed to himself. H it still devoutly to be hoped that Governor l roup Will abilam from any act that may make n necessary to hive recourse to the steps suggest ed ; yet should he persevere in sending p rsons to survey the lands embraced within the Treaty, you are hereby authorised to employ die militarv to prevent their entrance on the Indian Territo ry, or if they should succeed in entering the country, to cause them to be arrested, and turn them over io the jud cial authority, to be dealt with as the law directs, i have only to add that 1 have transmitted to Guv. Troup a copy of this communication. 1 have the honor, Btc. (Signed) JAMES BAUBOUR. To Uaj. Den. E. P. Gaines. I certify the foregoing to be a correct copy trom the record of this office. C. VANDEVENTER, Chief Clerk. IVar Department, July 23, 1825. DOCUMt,j\ i VI annexed to the letter of General Gaines to Governor Troup, published on the 9 th instant. Indian Springs, 20lh June, 1825- Sin ; Enclosed you will receive a copy of a letter of instructions from his Excellency the Go vernor ol Georgia to us, as Commissioners in be half i f the State, for the purposes I herein men lioned. It is important to the Commissioner that your answer to the application of his Excel lency the Governor, to admit the Commissioners to a fu 1 and free participation of the Council of the Indians should be received as early as practi cable. Very respectfully Sir, we are your obedient servants. WARREN JOURDAN. WM. W. WILLIAMSON, WM. H. TORRANCE, Commissioners. Maj. Gen. E. P. Gaines. Executive Department, } JMiUedgevilie, June 18, 1825. ) Gentlemen: You are required to proceed to the Indian Springs to attend a council of the friendly Indians, to be holden there on the 2 Jtn inst. As it is presumed that any concert tendered on the part of this government to assure a full de velopement of the facts connected with the late disturbances in the Creek Nation, and also such as may more particularly effect the guilt or inno ceiice of the Agent; under the charges exhibited againsi him by the Governor of this State, will be gratifying to Maj. Gen. Gaines; you are hereby authorised and empowered under the authority vested in you by the Legislature, to employ all lawful means for the furtherance of the objects atoresaid; avoiding at ttie same time, any interfe rence whatever with that Council; in matters disconnected with the objects of your miision, uid which appertain exclusively to interests and relations purely political subsisting between the general g .verninsnl and the Indians. From th; Indian Springs, you will proceed to utiend the other Council, to be holden at Broken Arrow on the 25ih inst. Your presence there wi 1 be ot i npor ancc because more immediately connected with the investigation of the conduct of the Agent, us arraingned by the Governor at (be instance of the President of the United Slates and the Legislature of the Slate. You will no doubt be admitted to a free, participation ot tha Council, and will be suffered to lake with you under a sufficient sale guar I, any of the friendly Chiefs whose presence there you may consider necessary to the accomplishment of the objects which the United Slates and this governmen have in view. There can be the less douot o ilns, becau e the charges having been already made both by the Executive and Legislative au thority iff Georgia against the Agent, and the A gent having so far thought proper to have recoins, to the Missionaries, and hostile Indians in the Na >ion for his defence , and that defence being alrea , >’ before the public, at the instance of the Agent; in which it would seem that both being under the ' mu ni md influence of his office, any direction ■ t suitable to his views may have been given j heir opinions and feelings, it is only an exer ; of strict right on the part of the government i ( Georgia that it be heard before that Council, by its Commissioners ; who are instructed to give and receive explanations fur the purpose in com mon with Hie Agents of the United States, of ar , rlvingattruthandiloiiig just.ee to all parties.— Should such participatio i be denied you, you will . enter your formal protest against that denial, and proceed to avail yourselves within the jurisdiction ol Georgia ol all the testimony you can obialn. Very respectfully, G. M. TROUP. Messrs. Jenrdan, Wtlliamson, I _ Torrance f Commissioners Jones, J , HEADQUARTERS. Eastern Depahtment, } Indian Springs, June 21, 1825-5 Gentlemen: 1 nave me honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of yesterday's date, announcing the objects ol your mission. In reply, I have to observe that, however much I, might be aided by the lights of your experience, 1 do not leel myself authorised without new in - t ructions from the Department of War to comply wdh your demand to be admitted “to a full and . free participation of the Council of the Indians.” This Council is assembled for the purpose ot enabling me to discharge duties of a verj delicate and important nature, confided to me by the Gene ral Government. I deem it proper therefore that 1 should exer cise the entire control ofevery subject to be ac ed on, and ofevery expression uttered to the Coun cil by any officer or cn izim permitted to address it, whether of the United States or of an\ individ uat slate or territory. Without such control our councils would be involved in confusion, and they would be wholly useless, if not worse than use less. Very respectfully, &e. EDMUND P. GAINES. Maj. Gen. Comd’g. . To the Georgia Commissioners. i Tort ,Mitchell, June 25, 1825. Si* : Since our arrival at this place, we have i been joined by Col. Seaborn Jones, wb . is assoc.- . ated with us m the com uission, by the G ivernot . ot Georgia. In oit 'dience to the instructions, : (with a copy ot which you have been furnished) > we beg leave again to call ymr attention m that part ot those instructions by which it was contem , piateil by the Governor, that we would be admitted 10 a free participation of the Council ot the Indians to be convened at Broken Arrow, as well asoftbai s lately held at the Indian Springs. We would re t peat the request on our part, that we may be a - to that Council. In your letter of the 2* st . inst. in answer to a similar request made at that place, you say, “ 1 deem it proper, therefore, that o I diould ex rcise the entire control of every sub o j e< -t to be acted on, and of every expression utter s ed to the Council by any officer or cit.Keu p. rniit s ted to address it. whether of the United Slates ot a ot any individual State or Territory .—Without e sucti control, our Councils won d be invo ve.l it il confusion, •• and they would be wholly udess.il t not worse than usele»s.” We ail your attention to this part of your letter, o j tor the purpose of correcting a mistake u.idei , | which you have fallen with regard to our motive: . j and the course of conduct we might pursue, in at s tending the Council, ue h ive been particular!) . instructed “ not to interfere with ilia Council u v nailers disconnected with the object ol our mis i. sum,and which apper ain exclusive yto i f rest e and re aliens purely political, subsisting beiwee. 0 the General Gover. .merit and the Indians.*' t Permit us .o assure you sir, lhai we shsll strict!' 1 adhere to those instructions, and carefully avou s any interference, and that we shall expect only to make suggestions to yourself in the Council, and i through you, to obtain all the information which i can be acquired. The information thus obtained w II be of an official character, and will perhaps be < . more satisfactory than any derived from any other t source. From Mr. Kenan, our Secretary, you will receive i a copy of the message of the Governor to the Le gislature, with the accompanying documents and I t other papers. ■ And we have the honor to subscribe ourselves, I >vith high consideration and respect, your obedi- i ent servants, WARHEN JOI'RDAN, SEABORN JONES, WILLIAM H. TORRANCE Commissioners Maj. Gen. E. P. Giisis. t ( HEAD-QUARTERS. i East Kiev Department, 7 < Creek Jgeticy, June 26, 1825 > Gentlemen: 1 have received your com.nunics , tion of yesterday’s date, requesting to be admit t ted to the Council convened at Broken Arrow. 1 am under no such mistake as that you ascribe ( to me, and which you are pleased to attempt to i correct. In your letter of the 20th, y m claim “ u lull and free participation of tlie Council of the In- i dians.” Whatever may have been y ur meaning, I the manifest import of the expressions employed ] by you could be notni ig less ttian a demand to I exercise, without control, certain privileges before t t ffi® Council. The force at tins construction is I strengthened rather than diminished by your in 1 structions from his Excel! i.cy the Governor oi ( j Georgia, to which you refer. Y m sajy, “we have < been particularly instructed not to interfere wnn t the Council, in matters disconnected with the oh- s t Jects ot our mission, and which appertain excm sively to interests and relations, purely political i . subsisting be' ween the General Government and t ; the Indians.” , I cannot perceive or admit of the existence of ■ , :,n y sucli distinction. The General Government ' I cail have no interests or relations, purely political-. I either with the Indians, o with any other people I ir nation, in winen the State of Georgia is not , concerned. But, his Excellency, the Goveuio . ot Georgia, deems it proper that the State shouui [ le rspresented at the Council at the Broken Ai . row > #,u * Y ou have been appointed for that pur- r pose. 1 have advi itd y o u t( la t the President has ■ , ■®*' l c ’ fide to no the exclusive mission to t Un nation, on the part of the United Sta es. I • hive now to add, that the duties assigned to mr ' a, ' e substantially the same as those with which you t are charged, with the exception of taking testi , non y 38 <he conduct of the Agent. 1 have thus the honor to represent Georgia, with each other t ’ member of the United Stales, in the Indian Conn t oil at Broken Arrow, With due deference aid re ■ spectator the autnorities of the State who have liad c J Ifie kindness to appoint a mission to affird me aid, f which tile General Government appears not to t . I‘ave been aware that I stood m need of, 1 ca not i permit mysell to recognize the mission, without the authority of the President f f* would afford me great sadsfaction to possess i the confidence oi the State authorities, I can win I it, only by a faithful discharge of my duty; but, it I fail thus to win it, I feel convinced that I snail not t fail tq retain what will be equally gratifying to me 1 —the conscious persuasion that 1 merit that conii- i deuce. i ’ In the subs quent part of your letter, you assure i " me you will strictly adhere to your inslruciions, fit ■ ( carefully avoid any interference; and that you shall i expect, only to make suggestions to me in 'he t Council, and through me to ob ain the information winch can be acquired. It is to be regretted that | ’ you did not sooner favor me with this moderate de i finiiion ot your wishes ; as in that case, no objec tion would have been offered by me to your re individually and un <fficially. You are en tmely at liberty to attend, as any ether gentlemen would be. 1 reserve to myself, however, the right to con rol every subject to be acted upon, and every ex pression to be uttered to the Council. It afford* me pleasure to profit by the sugges tions of my fellow citizens, but, these suggestions, to be acceptable to me, must be free trom every thing like official power or control. In tendering to you my thanks for the polite of fer contained in your note of this afternoon, 1 have to observe that 1 shall not have occasion to send despatches belure the departure of the regular mad. ® i renew to you gentlemen, assurances of my re -8 spectful coMSidetalion. (Signed) ' EDMUND P. GAINES. '' Maj. Gen. Comd’e. Col. frarren Jourdan, ) > Col Seaborn Jones, C Commissioners. 3 Wm. //■ Torrance, £sg ) A true copy. 1 E. G. W. BUTLER, f.Ud-de-Camp. REV LEE AMPERE. From the Columbian Star. , j Fort Mitchell, July, 1825. i 3 Dear Br ther, I 1 avail myself of an opportunity to write to you * I* -001 this place, lest some unfair representations i should be made of me, for the part 1 have taken in I r the recent occurrences. Li a time of such excite > went and confusion, we have not been suffered, tor reasons that will shortly be made plain, to oc cupy, in every respect, a neural ground. When the a tempts were making, to treat with the Indians, we considered it as our duly to inter '• sere as little as possible; and that there should be no plausible pretext against us, 1 thought it best to remain at home, and not attend either of the coun e nils. But of late, we have thought it our duty to i- adopt ra'her a different course, r I'he obvious corruption attending the treaty,— S together with the influence it was making on the ) minds of these poor oppressed people,—as well as it involving in it the honor of the United States,—in i ducecl me, at a very early period after its ralifica d don, to make a statement, of the mat er This is statement will soon be seen to be correct, except u in one instance, where there is a circumstantial :■ error. - It was with great reluctance 1 left home at the >1 present time, to attend this meeting; and nothing it out what 1 considered as an absolute call in Provi it deuce, could have induced me. 1 was called upon i- by Col. Crowell, to attend the meeting,—and by Major Andrews I have been required to make a t- statement in relation to the Agent, for the mfor r nmtion of the government. it lam happy to slate that, after a full examination ii w" have come to such an understanding, as in il duces me to believe that we shall, in future, have io cause ol c implaint. For the sat sfaclion of our p, brethren, I must beg that you will make an inquiry i of Major Andrews, on h s return to Washington, is lam happy to slat:, that he has acted a generous, t- a kind, and a friendly part. He will feel a plea > sure in giving such a statement, a«, lam persuaded, n will satisfy afi oarties—that 1 have ti me no more s than my obligations to the g-ueral government, ■■ and to the cause of humanity requirt d. As I wish ;.i o live in the affecion and confidence ofmy breth ren—which to me is next to living in the approba l\ ion ot a mercitu. G i I—l mu-t beg, fir my satis* id taction, that you will wait on that gentleman. When 1 left home, our family, excepting two o my little children, were well as usual. Our Indiai children have been absent for some time, but havi mostly returned ; —and our prospects, in the mids ot all our difficulties, seem to brighten. 1 have al along been very carelul against awakening an ex pectation that might not, after all, be realized—bu recent circumstances constrain me to say,—l “tt ibliged to hope that the Lord is with us. Cloud. 1 have gathered thick around us, and storms have al most been ready to break over our heads, —but 1 believe they will eventually empty themselves it mercy on our institution. Yours, in the best of bonds, L. COMPERE. FOH THE JOURNAL* .Messrs. Camak & Ragland— Reading a copy ol a letter to the E jiior of the Southern Inleliigen cer, dated Withirgton Station, May, lOih 1825 and signed L. Compere, who professes to be i dispenser of peace, and an instructor in and ol 'ruth, appears to have been misinformed (unless le was present in Indian habiliments and bis eyes deceived him) wuh regard to the conduct of Gen. Wm. Mcl nosh, of the Creek Nation when the in cendiaries and murderers who assassinated him made the attack on him and his buildings. It can be well authenticated by a respeclab citizen of Fayette county, and a member ol tin Baptist Church, who was present at the horn scene, that tht General did not shoot at, but only Ha bed his gun at the incendiaries from his stan c.<se ,in going down to met Ins awtul tate. Hau his gu> fired clear ; he would have, in all proba. bility, despatched one; and as for any teefing en q dries made and distress of women and children expressed, there was no time for such conversa tion, before he was literally shot to pieces by the allies of their Majevits G.-orge the 3d and 4th. In the month of May. 1822, 1 was employed to accompany Mi, Lee 'Joinpere imo die Crc.tN, tion, to aid and assist mm in establishing u Mi. nonary School among the natives of that nation, ■he direction of which was to oe under that re verend gentlemen Lee Compere, a reject ol hu. >{ yal Majesty George the 4th (thuugn 1 did no k ow that until 1 set out to accompany him). O <ur way, to, and in ,he natim, he observed iha. a majority ot the British government was inend.y isposed towards the United States of America , hut the British never impressed any oi our sea men but sucli irifling fellows as enlisted them selves under the Brnish goveri ment to serve a , that Gen. Andrew Jackson was u bioud thrtsiy ty i ant, a cruel murderer, mid nugh to be hung ioi laving Arbuthnut and Ambnster executed ; ilia, ttiey were poor innocent mini, endeavoring to nake an honest support by trading with the iia iv s; that he, the said Compere, had read an tue documents submitted by General Jadtsoi to the general government; that half of then, were lies, he knew; that the United States nan Cheated the poor ignorant Indians out of a fine country fora song; and, that tie did not think tliey would get any more land from the India, soon. Such observations as die above made tm teteri/ane, if possible, to prevent the said Cun, >.r? trom going into the nation as Missionary, on' maugre all my opposition, the tar ieicuet. li glishman must go. Alter Mr Compere and myself returned from the nation, he attended a meeting at Mount Gi lead Meetinghou e, Putnam county.—tie ob server! to the Pastor and two Deacons of th. Church, that he was surprised at the people oi the United S ates running boundary lines foi s ate> through the Indians country where they nad no right —lt was no country ot theirs; they tad no business to make bounuary lines in tin nation. Ihe next day, lie observed to me com gi egution, that he thought it was as little as t could do for each one to contribu.e a small a mount for the education of and evangelizing the ponr ignorant Indians, on whose land y u art nnw l.vmg : or, on whose it was, whichyou got tor little or nothing. A part of the above expressions were made b Mr. Compere to a Mr. Elijah alias Elisha Echols ot Lincoln county, Georgia, wnom we overtook on die great road leadi ig from the Indian Spring to Marshall’s ferry on Flint river. On luesday before Mcintosh was murdered, 1 lett hia house. The evening before lie expres ed to me his views concerning the trealv, in a., open and candid manner. He observed that m, tat her the President and Congress nad contract ed and bound themselves to Georgia for a large portion ol the nation; dial the nation only helu it as a man would an estray horse, which he clam, ed until demanded by the proper owner—tmu Georgia claimed and would, according to stipu lation wuh Congress, have her boundary—tha in.-, father the President demanded the lands for Georgia, and had offered and given as good ami as large a country, well stocked with game, atm boot beside so that I think said he, it is best tor my people to go there, were they can hold a goou title, without being harassed by claims. Now will any one read this, and believe M . Compere, when he states that the General wu an ignorant man. No—he will say his views w.r, correct. Yes, as much so, as when he voluman y foußfif fur His only friends, the white men of ttie United States, against the British nation, which I verily believe caused Mr. Compere’s hat red to that honorable, that valuable, and tha. brave citizen of the Creek nation. J. H. HOOKER. Princeton Creek Nation, \ 2 9th June, 1825. > Capt. Bowen, Sir— Your conduct heretofore in relation to the affairs ot this nation, justifies the belief that your visit here is for the purpose of endeavoring to make false impressions on the minds of the 1m dians, upon subjects you have nothing to do with I hereby order you to depart from this place n four hours, or 1 shall take measures that will be more unpleasant, if you do not leave the Nation, j THOMAS TRIPLETT, Acting A. I. Affairs, At Chilli Mclntosh’s Stand, . On the public road. Cr ek Nation > 20t/i June, 1825. \ Thomas Triplett, j Acting Agent for I, Affairs, Sin—Your order of tins day has been handet to me by Mr. Walls. You mention, “thatymii conduct heretofore, in relation to the affairs of th t Nation, justifies the belief that your visit here, o for the purpose of endeavoring to make false i'm pressions on the minds of the Indians upon sub jects you have nothing to do with,” and you or ,ler me to depart from “ this place in four hours,’ or you will take measures that will be more un pleasant, if 1 do not leave the Nation. 1 should have been gradfied, and deem it t matter of right to know from you, what condttc ' (alluded to in your note or order) it was, and a ' what lime manifested, that justifies the belief tha my visit here is for the purpose of making fals, ; impressions on the minds of the Indiana, and oi what subject. You do not inform me whethei | my objectionable conduct has been manifestec 1 “ heretofore,” within the limits of the Nation oi elsewhere, nor liow manifested or with whom ’ Your expression is rather indefinite ; you sat “in relation to the affairs of this Nation." Now of sir, If 1, or any other citizen of Georgia, am sub ii, ject to your control or order, for conduct which re you may merely believe to be for purposes ol m»k si ...g false impressions on the Indians in mutters .1 • relating to the Nation, without specifying that t conduct, or what particular impressions are at- T tempted to be falsely made, 1 then consider you m have absolute power over the life, the liberty, I? and the property of every such citizen who may I- pass, orattetm t to pass through, stop, or attempt Ito stop, in the Nation You do not mention that ii< iny conduct since 1 have stopped here, or at Mr. Crabtree’s tavern, where my baggage is, and where I have put up, or at any other place, is calculated to justify the belief that 1 am endeavor, ing to make false impressions on the Indians. But you say it is my conduct heretofore : you say it jl was my previous conduct that induces the belief , notv, that I will make false impressions on the 5 minds of the Indians on subjects I,have nothing to ' ado -with. You do not say that the subject you speak of now, of which you believe I will falsely it represent, does appertain to matters which be- J s long to the Nation or the affairs of the Nation, ~ but that it is on subjects 1 have nothing to do with. This conclusion is so general and imlefi „ nite, that I do not know what reply to make, or what conclusion to come to, as to its meaning, except that if I dare speak of subjects, which you , think I have nothing to do with, and those suojecls are spoken of, to or before Indians, although they y may relate, or may not relate in fact to the In-' i .liana, themselves, then you assume the power to f u order me from this place, meaning I suppose Princeton, a place 1 was not in when your order came : but from the conclusion of your order, I ii understand it to mean the Nation. I protest a , gainst the intimations contained in your letter, v' t and against your authority to enforce the threat, contained in the same on the grounds you as . sume. Your obedient servant, WM. BOWEN. CHILLY Met VTOSH’S STAND. > 1 29 1 h June, 1825. j * To Major General Gaines. Is Slß—Enclosed, I send you a copy of an order directed to ms |S from the acting agent for Indian Affairs, requiring my departure ■ from this place in a few hours, for reasons therein suggested. ( 1 do contend, sir, that the reasons on which he has determined to H » base his order, are both erroneous and illegal. I cannot perceivA ■ r myself charged with any thing definite or unlawful; and B the phraseology of his order and letter, 1 have no doubt, but you ■ * will accord with me in that interpretation. lam conscious that E . the present agent is fearful alone , that I may interfere in matters I that relate to the charges against the agent, (now suspended,) I and that he can have no possible grounds to believe that I ever I t have, now intend, or hereafter intend, to interfere with matters K which exclusively belong to the officers or government of the | nation of Creeks, or to the officers, or government of the United J Slates If such improper interference have transpired, let it m be brought home to me; let me be faced by the accusers be- I fore you. From the respect which I have always entertained K for you since 1815, and my convictions of your sense of justice, K lam confident you will not allow, where you command any per- I * son however humble, to be insulted with a process, illegal in its I nature, and humiliating in its effect, especially when such pre B 4 cess is founded alone on the reasons embraced in the note in closed to you. lam now in the nation on lawful business—have fm 1 stopped a few days at a public stand, and have during the time lift j visited the Indian square, and their camps. W i My business is lawful to all intents, by the omission of any W thing in itself unlawful. Ido not feel it to be my duty to state r 1 to you rny specific business, and I am sure you would not pretend to require it of me, although I would not hesitate to do so if re quired. I therefore request of you, as having the power and au- ( thority, to protect me in my liberty during my stay here, or in < ’ this neighborhood, as long as I violate no law. I propose to re < main a few days only, and as a citizen of the United Stales, I claim the privileges of the laws and your protection. Respectfully your most obedient servant, * WM. BOWEN, HEAD QUARTERS. f EASTERN DEPARTMENT. I 1 Creek Agency, June 29. 1825. ( I i Slß—Your communication of this date, with its enclosure, ii * i received; and I am instructed by Major General Gaines to ad vise you, that it has been referred to the acting Agent of In ‘ dian Affairs, who is deemed to be the proper judge in your case . , Very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. G. W. BUTLER. ... .. Aid dc Camp. ‘To Mr. Win. Bowen, * Creek Agency. Copy of a letter from Col. Warren Jourdan to Win. //. Tor* L rence , Esq. t LA ORANGE. 27th July. J(!25. i DEAR SIR: Since the receipt of yours of the 2M hist. I have seen the publication of" Thos T. Triplett,” acting Agenlof In dian affairs, of the 21st in (he Recorder The object of which (if credence be given to his statements,) is to correct the " mis > representations of designing men.” How far his object will he I, sustained in his publication in relation to others, 1 know nut. So I far us it regards myself, with the exception cl one or two nnim h porlant incidents, the whole of his statements arc unsupported by truth. The order of the day, however is to proscribe every man j who has at any time raised his voiee or made an eflbrt in favor of the treaty, or to support the character and rights of the Slate • from the Commissioners on the part of the United Slates, down II lo the humblest individual in the community. Having witnessed „ in the little agency I have had with Indian affairs, this spirit pre dominant in all those more immediately and personalty interest ed, 1 could not suppose the Georgia Commissioners had any right E to expect more liberality or forbearance ; my only wonder lias I been, that we have not been ere this, put under the ban of ostra cism, by all those whoso sympathies have been peculiarly exci ted in favor of the poor " cheated and defrauded Indians ” It i) i true, 1 banded the letter to Gen. Gaines alluded lo ; it was len . dered lo me by a strange servant, I knew nothing of its contents or the writer, until elicited by the after conversation between Gen. Gaines and Capt. Triplett, in which Triplett declared his 1' determination lo enforce the order, unless positively prohibited I by Gen. Gaines; the reply by Gen. Gaines was, that he fell no disposition lo conflict with the duties of the Agent. luring this ” conversation 1 learned the fact that no distinct orapecific charge 1 had been preferred against the individual, whose li lerty >snd J rights would have been jeopardized by the exercise of an oppres sive power, only the vague one of being in the estimation of Capt. Triplett a “suspicious character.” Seeing the course thinn-s . were taking, and having heard Gen. Gaines distinctly slate ho would not interfere, I fell it my duty as a citizen of Georgia to prevent, if possible, the execution of aq order so tyranical in its - effect against the most bumble individual. In order therefore to i stay its execut on, I stated to Gen. Gaines and Triplett, that du- I ring the absence of Capt. Thomas (who accompanied the Com missioners in the character of Messenger or Marshall by appoint ') njent to the Alabama, the remaining members of the mission . might need the services of some person lo act in the above capa u city, or as express to the Governor; that should such necessity exist, we could not command the services of any other person I made this remark from the well known fact, that all intercourse between the Commissioners and other persons in tile nation had been interdicted. I stated furthermore, that every citizen from Georgia ought lo feel bound from another consideration to oppose the principle ; namely, that of self-preservation, to which one of them replied, “you have a passport,” to which I answered, 1 did not myself think so, nor did I wish them to think so. On my ma king thisreply, Capt. Triplett departed hastily, vowing his de h termination to enforce the order, not waiting a reply, if I had II been disposed to make one. I never stated in my conversation with those gentlemen or either us them, that Capt. Bowen "was n attached to the mission,” or that I would reduce the same to I- “ writing,” having no authority to do so Shortly after the oc 1. currences, Capt. Thomas, contrary to my expectations, Wad re turned with a letter to Colonel Williamson and myself fr* in the absent Commissioners. Sofarfrom having wished to act offen f sively towards any of the Agents of the General Government I I, availed myself of the first moment after Capt. Thomas’ return to notify them of the fact, and that the services of Captain Bc'w * ’ en would not be required I never gave any intimation to Capt, Triplett "that Bowen had gone or would go immediately” from the nation, much less any “ declaration” to that effect. I had no authority in the case, and did not assume any. Why did not Capt. Triplett enforce his order issued under a little "brief au thority,” when I notified him, that his (Bowen’s) services would not be required ? Capt. Bowen remained at Crabtree’s, only four miles distent from Fort Mitchell, for some time after he received the order, where he was seen hy the marshal! of the nation and all those satellites of the Indian Agent's (white men) who reside (1 in tho nation, and who were constantly prowling about by day and by night, watching every movement, listening to every remark. While Capt. Bowen remained at Crabtree's I heard 5 him tell the Marshall (who we all supposed had come to exe is cute the order) that he would resist the execution of the order q The Marshall immediately returned to Princeton. Is it reason able to suppose that he did not communicate the fact to Capt )■ Triplett I Many other persons than those enumerated passed r and repassed almost every hour to and from Fort Mitchell with ). a number of whom Capt. Bowen conversed, and yet under all these circumstances, so favorable to his obtaining information 1 where Capt. Bowen was, he has the consummate effrontery lo state he was "secreted for six or eight days,” and insinuates it was done by the connivance us the Commissioners. On uur wav from Broken arrow. (Col. Williamson aud myse'f) stopped It Ct Mr. Van’s 10 miles this side of Flint river to LikViWrl*, Mterour ainva Bowen arnved, and about half an hour after Joseph Marshall called ,n. He, Joseph Marshall, immediately informed us the news from Broken Arrow : said that he woulS St not consent to the terms proposed by Gen. Gaines; he further said, he would not meet General Gaines at Flint river ■ for tncre was no convenient house lo arsemble the Chiefs in and no provision in the country. He spoke generally of their troubles d and situation ; said the Chiefs of the friendly parly would neve! Tj T * Ut lho,e .r' wsed 10 Gen ’ al the" fl. >a' k at the Indian Springs; said they would have their heads cutoff first, and closed a lengthy conversation by requesting 1> some of us to write a letter to the Chiefs al Newnan, statin? p, they would not meet Gen. Gains, at Flint river, but at the IndlaS